John A Gee

John was born in Palm Beach, Florida, on May 31, 1945.  He spent his formative and many enjoyable years in Casper, Wyoming, where he rode horses on the prairies and was a high school football star.  He enjoyed trout fishing in the mountain streams  and became a champion skier and later ski instructor at Taos, New Mexico. Throughout his life, he enjoyed skiing on just about every ski slope in the west and trout fishing in some of the most challenging of streams and rivers.   John graduated from Miami University at Oxford, Ohio.  In the early 70's he moved to Tallahassee, Florida, where he earned his teaching degree from Florida State University.  He had the opportunity to teach at the first desegregated public school in Georgia.  He later worked at the State of Florida, Department of General Services where he was a personnel administrator.   He then earned his law degree from FSU.  John then became Chief Legislative Analyst at the Committee on Natural Resources, The Florida Senate.  He was proud of the legislation he wrote that led to the protection of the manatee, redfish, the Florida panther, and most importantly, the Florida Everglades.  After his retirement, he and his wife enjoyed multiple travels throughout the world, creating his country paradise at the End of the Road Farm, sharing his vegetables and herbs, and exploring the back roads of north Florida.  He was an avid FSU football and Braves baseball fan, loved reading, Jeopardy, camping, crossword puzzles, playing poker and mountain biking.

He is predeceased by his parents, John and Sally Gee.  He is survived by his wife of 27 years, Janice Rousseau, brother, Bill (Jane) nephews Jesse and John; sisters, Susie Borchert (Tom), niece Sarah Peterson (Mike) and Hannah and nephew Tommy, Lisa Zimmerman and nephews William and Jason and Jenny Speer (John) and nephew Mike and niece Jessie.  Other survivors include daughter Wendy Nye and stepdaughters Nicole Johnson and Nadeen Russell, brothers-in-law Ed and Rob Rousseau and sister-in-law Catherine Rousseau, nephews Jon, Matthew and Edwin Rousseau, nieces Cara Rousseau and Christine Stigerwald and host of grand nephews and nieces.  

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to your charity of choice.

A memorial service will be held on Sunday, September 7, 2014 at 1 p.m. at Culley’s MeadowWood Funeral Home on Riggins Road.